Finishing strip for roof edge



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United States Patent FINISHING STRIP FOR ROOF EDGE Thomas Pelican, 301S. Howard St., Spokane, Wash.

Filed Apr. 21, 1955, Ser. No. 502,836

1 Claim. (Cl. 5067) The present invention relates to improvements infinishing strips for the lower edge of a roof. In finishing a roof on adwelling, it is the practice to box in the projecting portions of therafters Where they extend out beyond the side walls of the dwelling. Inorder to provide the necessary air vents to permit air flow upwardlyfrom the eaves beneath the roof and thus avoid execessive heat beneaththe roof, vents have been provided and these vents usually are placed inthe horizontal plates that extend beneath the rafters.

It is desirable also where the roofing employed is of a gravel and tartype to have a finishing strip at the lower edge of the roof to protectthe roofing at this point. It is the purpose of my invention to providea novel construction whereby the necessary vents for admitting air atthe lower edge of the roof and the protective metal strip may becombined in such a way as to improve the air vent structure to make itmore safe from a Water or moisture admission and to additionally supportthe metal strip which protects the roofing at the lower edge.

The nature and advantages of my invention will appear more fully fromthe following description and the accompanying drawings illustrating apreferred form of the invention. It should be understood, however, thatthe drawings and description are illustrative only and are not intendedto limit the invention except insofar as it is limited by the claim.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view looking at the roof edge fromthe inside and illustrating the facing plate, the roofing, thesheathing, and other elements which are used together at the lower edgeof the roof;

Figure 2 is a sectional view taken parallel with a roof rafter throughthe lower edge of the roof; and

Figure 3 is a face view looking at Figure 2 from the left.

Referring now to the drawings, my invention is shown as applied to aroof wherein the rafters are indicated by the numeral 5, the sheathingover the rafters is indicated by the numeral 6 and the roofing materialover the sheathing is shown at 7. The lower edge of the roof is boxed inby using a face plate 8 across the ends of the rafters and a bottomplate 9 which extends from the face plate to the side wall 10 of thebuilding.

According to my invention I provide the face plate 8 with air passages11 at spaced intervals between the rafters 5. These air passages willpermit air to pass through the face plate beneath the sheathing 6 andupwardly along the roof. It will also, however, permit moisture andtrash to blow into the space over the bottom plate 9. In order toprotect against this contingency and at the same time protect the loweredge of the roofing material 7, I provide a metal strip 12 which isshaped as illustrated in the drawings to have a mounting flange '13 thatis adapted to be nailed to the sheathing 6. Adjacent to the flange 13,the strip 12 has a head 14 which forms a stop for the lower end of theroofing material 7 to keep it from being eroded away by natural weather.

conditions. The metal strip 12 has a depending face portion 15 toprovide a drip face over which water can drain down and away from theface plate 8. A flange 16 is formed at the lower edge of the faceportion 15 and extends upwardly and inwardly to bear against the faceplate 8. Preferably the angle between the face portion 15 and the flange16 is an acute angle, sharp enough to cause the flange 16 to lie above aplane perpendicular to the face plate through the lower edge of thestrip 12.

The flange 16 is provided with a plurality of apertures 17 which willpermit air to flow up into the space between the strip 12 and the faceplate 8. Thus the strip 12 and its flange 16 cooperate with the faceplate 8 to provide a tortuous air passage to the space beneath thesheathing 6 between the rafters 5. The flange 16 may also be providedwith small apertures 18 along its lowermost portion where it joins theface portion 15 in order to drain out any water that might enter throughthe openings 17. However, in view of the angle which the flange 16 makesto the horizontal and the fact that it is shielded by the face portion15 of the strip 12, there is very little opportunity for water to enterthe opening 17.

It is believed that the nature and advantages of my invention will beclear from the foregoing description.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A finishing means for the lower edge of a roof having supportingrafters, sheathing secured to the top edges of the supporting raftersand roofing material mounted on the upper surface of the sheathing,comprising a face plate extending downwardly from the roof edge securedto and abutting the outer ends of the rafters, said face plate havingair passages therein adjacent to the sheathing, and between the rafters,a strip having a mounting flange secured to and overlapping the uppersurface of the sheathing at said lower edge, said strip comprising abead abutting the lower edge of the roofing material, a depending faceportion joined to said mounting flange by said head and divergingdownwardly away from said face plate, said strip also comprising aflange extending from the lower edge of the face portion inwardly andupwardly to the face plate and bearing against the face plate, said lastnamed flange having apertures therein for admission of air, certain ofsaid apertures being along the lowermost portion thereof.

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